Item10858: can't extract metadata stored in html5 data- attributes

Priority:	CurrentState:	AppliesTo:	Component:	WaitingFor:
Urgent	Closed	Extension	JQueryPlugin

The examples in the plugin's code even don't work. This test fails:

%STARTSECTION{"test"}%

<p id='one' class='some_class' data-item_id='1' data-item_label='Label'>This is a p</p>
<script>
jQuery(function($) {
  var opts = $("#one").metadata({type:'html5'});
  console.log(opts);
});
</script>

%ENDSECTION{"test"}%

This is a p

... with an "Uncaught ReferenceError: Label is not defined" javascript error. That's because the code tries to eval(Label) to create a json object from it.

Changes are tracked at https://github.com/MichaelDaum/jquery-metadata. A pull request has been filed upstream.

-- MichaelDaum - 08 Jun 2011